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WATER MOTOR.

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WATER MOTOR. No. 393,897. Patented Deo. 4, 1888.

ATTORNEYS.

` .UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL B. GOFF, OF CAMDEN, NEV JERSEY.

WATER-MOTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,897, dated December 4, 1888.

Application filed \T une 11, 1888.

T0 all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. GOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tater-Mills, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawin My invention relates to motors operated by a current of water; and it consists of a case, a screw journaled therein, a wheel geared with said screw, tloats carried by said wheel and having rods at their outer ends, a groove in which said rods traverse, and a sprocketwheel rotated by the wheel which is operated by the screw, said sprocket-wheel having tappets or arms for striking the rods on the Heats.

It further consists of the combination of parts, as herein set forth and claimed.

Figure l represents a top plan view of a water-motor embodying my invention, partly broken away to disclose the construction of the screw. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view thereof, the screw being removed. Fig. 3 represents an end view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame of the motor which is moored or anchored in the stream.

B designates a horizontally-arranged case secured to the .frame Aand having' its ends open.

i C designates open heads secured in the ends of the case, and in said heads is journaled a Shaft, D.

E designates a screw secured to the shaft D, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

D designates abevel-gear on the inner end of the shaft, which engages the bevel gearteeth D2 on the water-wheel E.

E2 designates the shaft of the water-wheel, which passes through the frame of the machine and forms the axis for said wheel.

E3 designates a sprocket-wlleel secured or formed with one of the heads of the wheel E thereof, the purpose of which will be seen.

F designates va series of floats or paddles pivoted near their inner ends to the inner faces of t-he heads of the water-wheel. From this construction it will be noticed that a Serial No. 276,668. (No model.)

greater amount of the weight of the Aioat or paddles is on the outer ends, causing said ends to descend or drop down. To the outer ends of said floats or paddles are secured radial rods F the ends thereof carrying friction-rollers F2, which travel in a cam groove or way, G, in the upright G.

G2 designates a sprocket-wheel having a journal-bearing in the standard G', and which carries the wheel G3, havin the tamiet-arms G4. Around the sprocket-wheels G2 and E:3 passes an endless chain, I'I,for transniitting motion from the wheel E' to the tappet-wheel, the purpose of which will be described.

J designates the gate of the motor for regulating the iiow of water.

The operation is as follows: The motor is moored or anchored in a stream. The water enters the outer open end of the horizontallyarranged case and revolves the screw7 which screw, through the medium of the bevel gearwheel on its shaft meshing with the bevel gear-teeth on the periphery of one of the heads of the water-wheel, causes said wheel to revolve and transmit power byineans of a pulley or other device on its shaft; also, as the wheel revolves it carries the ioats or paddles with it, and the ends of the rods which are struck by the tappet-arms on the tappetwheel, which is operated by the sprocket wheels and chain, throwing the Vlioats or paddles quickly downward, and presenting their surfaces to the body of water passing from ,the case after operating the screw therein,

thus imparting additional power to the wheel. It will also be observed that the ends of the rods carried by the floats have the frictionrollers thereon, which travel in the cam groove or way, and serve to keep the blades or win gs always in upward position while in the water, and the rollers serve to prevent the rods from binding in the said groove.

It will thus be seen that I provide a motor which will transmit a geat amount of power for any desired purpose.

I have described the motor as being operated .by water; but it is evident that it can be operated by the force of wind.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a water-1notor,tl1e combination of the TOO Screw, the water-wheel, the floats or paddles heads, a screw journaled therein, :L waterenrrying rods, nprig'hts having' emu-grooves i wheel with paddles or floats pivoi'ed near one in which said rods ride, und n sprmket-wheel end to said water-wheel, rods Secured to Said having' tappet-arins for xStriking' the :mid rods, 4 floats, :1 S]noeket-\vheel Secured to the axle 0f 2o 5 Substantially as described. 'the nier-wheel, n Second Sprocket-wheel 2. In a wafer-motor, n miler-wheel having` journaled above said irSt Sprocket-Wheel puddles or i'loznspivoted thereon, rodsemried v and provided with i'appet-arms adapted to by Said floats having nni'i-fiifxfion rollers :it strike the said rods on the iozll's, a chain eonone end, :in nprig'ht provided with :l ennineei'ing' said Sprocket-Wheels, and mi uprighr 25 1o groove in which Said rollersnlove, nsproekeV- with grooved ways in which said rods ride, wheel enrried b v the walter-wheel, n sproekeisnhslnni hilly :is and for lfhe purpose Set forth.

Wheel having' i'np )et-arms adapted io Strike L Y 1 v The rods on The fiol:\1; ,;\nd n ehnin Connecting' 1 SAMI' EL B' GOFF' Said sprockei-\vheels, lszlid paris being' eoln- \Vil'i1eSSes: Y Y 15 bined Substantially as deSel-ihed. JOHN A. \\'1EDERs1-IEIM,

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